Chapter 4

The 13 English Colonies
(1630 - 1750)


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Navigation Acts (1660's)


1) Most products could be sold only to England.

Ex.) sugar, tobacco, indigo

2) All products going to the colonies had to first go through England where the products were taxed.

3) All ships used in trade had to be built in either England or the colonies.

Effects of the Navigation Acts

• There was an increase in smuggling in the colonies.

• Colonists became angry when England began to enforce the Navigation Acts







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